Overview

Jennifer Van Regenmorter’s experience covers a wide range of business disciplines, and she has particular expertise in health care law. Jennifer is Foster Swift's Health Care Practice Group leader and has many years of experience representing providers with emphasis on hospitals, physicians, hospices, pharmacies, home care and long-term care. This includes one of the country’s largest long-term care organizations. Jennifer's health care practice includes:

Joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions and affiliations
Regulatory compliance
Contracts
Licensing and certification of facilities
Licensure and credentialing issues involving individual health care professionals
Stark and anti-kickback compliance
Third-party administrator agreements
HIPAA privacy and security issues
Concierge medicine
Physician practices
Employment and independent contractor arrangements
PACE programs

Jennifer is also experienced in the real estate area and has negotiated many multi-million dollar commercial acquisitions and sales with particular expertise in condominium law.

In addition, Jennifer is an expert in representing new businesses with choice of entity and business formation issues as well as established businesses with ongoing business matters including stock purchase agreements. Jennifer assists business owners with establishing irrevocable trusts, such as life insurance trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, and intentionally defective grantor trusts. She has also represented many individuals and families in executive estate planning, planning for blended families and the formation of family LLCs.

Honors & Recognitions

2012 Athena Award Nominee

2011 Thought Leader in Law - West Michigan Business Review

"Top Lawyer", Grand Rapids Magazine, 2020 in Health Care Law

Best Lawyers in America® 2018-2023 (Health Care Law)

"Go To" Business Lawyer, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, 2022

Affiliations

Memberships & Affiliations

Legal Affiliations:

State Bar of Michigan
- Health Care
- Elder Law
- Real Property
American Health Lawyers Association
Michigan State Bar Foundation, Fellow

Industry & Professional Associations:

Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Board of Directors
Gerontology Network, Past Board Member
Health Care Association of Michigan
Aging Services of Michigan
Michigan Society of Healthcare Risk Management

Community Involvement:

Holland Area Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors
Exchange Club, Past President
Holland Teen Ministry, Past Board Member
United Way, Holland Professional Division Chair
Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce
- Member

Communications

Recent Blog Posts

Estate Planning & Elder Law Blog

Residential Care Facilities Must Comply with Recent MDHHS Emergency Order

Health Care Law Blog

Publications

Voluntary Closure of Nursing Homes in Michigan, State Bar of Michigan (SBM) Health Care Law Section, June 24, 2020
Resident Research Time Excluded from Hospitals' Medicare Reimbursement, Foster Swift Health Care Law Report, September 2011
Update to October 2010 Newsletter Article "Home Health & Hospice Rules Require Face-to-Face Patient Visits", Foster Swift Health Care Law Report, February 2011
New Medicare Screening Requirements for Providers, Foster Swift Health Care Law Report, February 2011
Home Health and Hospice Rules Require Face-to-Face Patient Encounters, West Michigan MD News, November 2010
Home Health and Hospice Rules Require Face-to-Face Patient Visits, Foster Swift Health Care Law Report (Also published in the Nov/Dec issue of MD News West Michigan), October 2010

News & Events

Speaking Engagements

How to Avoid Compliance Pitfalls, PACE Association of Michigan, June 16, 2021
Healthcare Law Update, Michigan Society of Healthcare Risk Management, May 27, 2016
Michigan Health Law Update, March 10, 2016
Estate Planning Presentation, Rose Park Baptist Church, October 18, 2014
Michigan Health Law Update, 20th Annual Health Law Institute, March 6, 2014
Michigan Health Law Update, 20th Annual Health Law Institute - The Institute for Continuing Legal Education, March 6, 2014